DISFELLOWSHIPPING
(See also Discipline; Excommunication; Forgiveness; Judicial Committee; Repentance; Reproof [Reproving])
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
alcoholics:
when to disfellowship: w83 5/1 10-11
appeals: w59 179
assisting those having disfellowshipped relatives: w83 1/1 30-31
association with disfellowshipped: w85 7/15 18-19, 31; w81 9/15 25-26; w70 351-352; w63 151, 413-414; w61 159-160; w56 566; w55 607; w53 223; w52 703-704, 735
wisdom of not eating with disfellowshipped persons: w83 6/15 14-15
basis for: w83 1/1 31; w72 438; w72 543; w71 384
Bible examples: w83 2/1 11; w82 4/1 17-18; w81 9/15 21; w65 144-145; w64 272, 434; w63 405; w62 534-535; w61 435; w59 171; w58 210; w54 591; w52 135-137; w44 153
claim of invalid baptism: w60 159-160
clergy attitude toward: w83 6/15 26
confession: w81 9/1 25-26; w72 437-438; w70 398-399; w63 473-474, 660; g61 5/8 6-7; w60 160, 728; w59 171-174; w56 566; w52 144
congregation file: km 2/74 8
disassociation: w85 7/15 30-31; w85 8/15 31; w82 1/15 31; w81 9/15 23; w72 123-124
proper way of handling: w84 7/1 31
discussion: w83 1/1 30-31; w81 9/15 16-31; w74 460, 463-473; w73 594; ad 549-550; w63 409-414
distinguishes Witnesses: w74 630; w64 431; w60 506; w58 447; w54 13-15; w53 152; w52 131-145
effect on—
congregation growth: yb63 195-196, 246
family relationships: w85 7/15 18-19; w81 9/15 27-31; w74 470-472
privileges in congregation: w83 3/15 29; w65 497; w62 368
extending mercy: w81 9/1 22-27; w77 151; w74 460-466; w70 399; w63 410
for fraud: w81 9/1 25-26; w81 9/15 17-18
proper view on restitution as a prior basis for reinstatement: w77 152
forgiving adulterous mate: w83 12/15 28-29; w81 3/1 31; w81 11/1 21; w60 726-728; w58 95
funeral for disfellowshipped person: w81 9/15 31; w77 347-348
grounds: w83 3/15 31; g78 6/22 28; w75 212; w75 287; w74 407; km 2/74 4, 6; w73 167; w73 594; km 9/73 8; w72 438, 543; ad 217, 550, 602; w67 127; g67 2/22 4; ms 163; w63 410-411, 413; w61 63-64, 96, 284-285, 596-597; yb61 133; g61 11/8 4; w60 159-160, 277-278, 684-685, 690, 725-728; w59 171, 176-179; w58 95, 209-220, 478; g58 3/22 26; g58 4/8 25-26; w56 345-348, 563-566, 590-598, 667-668; w55 126-127, 500, 607; w54 590-596; w52 133-135; w51 239-240; w49 240; w46 75-76
abandoning wife and eloping with another woman: w79 11/15 31; w76 728
apostasy: w83 4/1 24; km 8/80 1, 4
bestiality: w83 6/1 25
employment violating Christian principles: km 9/76 6
following mourning customs that involve false worship: w85 4/15 25
gambling in certain cases: w80 9/1 30
homosexuality: w83 6/1 24-26
incestuous marriage: w78 3/15 26
parents condoning immorality: w56 566
planned adultery to break Scriptural marriage ties: w83 3/15 29
refusal to cease fellowship with disfellowshipped: w81 9/15 25-26
use of drugs: w68 63-64
use of tobacco and other harmful addictives: w73 340-341
how to treat disfellowshipped persons: w81 9/15 21-26
application of 2 John 9-11: w85 7/15 30-31; w83 4/1 24; w74 465-466
“as a man of the nations and as a tax collector” (Mt 18:17): w81 9/15 18-20; w74 463-464
Clarke’s (Adam) comment on: w81 9/15 22
disfellowshipped business associate: w81 9/15 24
disfellowshipped family member: w85 7/15 18-19; w83 1/1 31; w81 9/15 28
disfellowshipped marriage mate: w83 1/1 31; w81 9/15 27-28
disfellowshipped relative: w81 9/15 27-31; w70 351-352
disfellowshipped son or daughter: w83 1/1 31; w81 9/15 28-29; w74 470-472; w63 444-445
with regard to weddings: w84 4/15 15; w81 9/15 30
judicial committee: w70 396-397; w67 402-403; w66 541-542; w64 639; w63 409-414, 474; w62 632; w61 371; w60 726-728; w59 172-179; w57 125; w52 139-140, 142-144; w44 151-153
literature for disfellowshipped persons: or 174
meetings in private home: km 11/74 4
nonbaptized associate: km 10/75 8
prayer for disfellowshipped persons: w79 10/15 31; w71 383-384
procedure: w84 7/1 31; w60 726-728; w59 172-173; w52 138-141; w44 151-155
proper attitude toward disfellowshipped persons: w83 1/1 30-31; w81 9/15 23-24; km 12/80 8; w65 412, 435; ms 164; w63 299, 411-412, 443-444; w62 534-536, 632; w61 275, 596-598; w56 668-669
proper view of: w85 4/1 12; w83 1/1 30
purpose: w81 9/15 21; g78 6/22 28; w77 348; w74 460; w64 272, 431; w63 411, 661; w61 597; w59 173, 179; w56 667; w52 131-133, 704; w47 122-123
reinstatement: w81 9/15 25; w74 466, 468-469, 472-473; ad 550; w63 300, 412, 472-473, 509; w62 632; w60 333-334, 726, 728; w58 543; w54 543; w52 142-148
hearing pleas for: w77 152
reporting one’s own children: w61 596-597; w58 219; w56 566
reporting wrongdoing: w85 11/15 19-22; w72 465, 467; w64 639; w63 474, 660; g61 5/8 7; w58 219; w57 125, 216
Russell’s comment on: w84 11/15 17
Scripturalness: w81 9/15 20-21, 25-26; w71 452-453; ad 549-550; w70 351, 404-405; w69 255-256; fm 146-147; w67 596; yl 28; ms 163; w64 431; w63 410-411, 659-660; w62 534-536, 632; w61 596-598; w60 506, 726; w52 134-135; w47 122; w44 152-153
statistics: yb80 11; yb79 31; w74 466; w73 42; yb72 170-171; w68 476; w65 373; w60 728; w59 170
number disfellowshipped for smoking: w76 123
when elders might admonish disfellowshipped persons: km 12/80 8
when made requirement: w77 347; w76 122; yb75 225-226; w67 596
when no repentance shown: w81 9/15 16-17; w77 692, 696-697
when one of the anointed is disfellowshipped: w76 158-159; w60 224; w58 478, 543
whether to investigate wrongdoers no longer associating: km 2/74 6
whether to take a disfellowshipped person to a worldly court: w73 703-704
“works that befit repentance” (Ac 26:20): w83 1/1 30-31; w74 469
Quotations
entirely proper for Witnesses to enforce their own fellowship rules: w82 4/1 13
the great age of excommunication is past, with the possible exceptions of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Mormons: w83 6/15 26